He also paid tribute to Prince with his hit “I Would Die 4 U” and used a projection of the legendary artist during the song.

The projection comes after Sheila E. said Timberlake reached out to her after she tweeted that Prince didn’t want to be turned into a hologram and said she has been assured there will be no hologram of the late superstar at Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Many took to Twitter to voice their opinion about it.

Justin Timberlake probably angered legions of @JanetJackson fans by playing THAT song at the start of his performance, and then probably angered legions of Prince fans by using the hologram, which his family didn’t want. But why? #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay#Prince

Also, the first time I heard Justin Timberlake’s “Until The End of Time” in 2006, within 5 seconds I thought about Prince. Great track with Prince’s fingerprints all over it. So to use that song as the lead-in to “I Would Die 4 U” was perfect.

Smart #SuperBowl show by Justin Timberlake given the drama around his performance. Only one new song, a medley of hits, highlighted his many skills and merged his previous Prince homage Until the End of Time into an actual Prince song for a hometown tribute

TMZ reported Saturday that Timberlake was set to use a hologram of Prince during his halftime show performance. But Sheila E. said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press that a hologram won’t appear.

“Prince had told me … don’t let anybody do a hologram of him for religious reasons, so I just posted that if this happened it’s kind of messed up and not cool,” the Grammy-nominated performer said.

“And then Justin’s people reached out to my manager and wanted to talk to me about it and we had a great conversation,” she added. “And I felt that it was OK to respond and let the fans know he said great things about Prince and the fans and how important they are. So it was a good conversation.”